LOCATION.--Lat 39°05'55.1", long
77°28'16.5", Montgomery County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02070008,
on left bank in the wooded flood plain adjacent to the C&O Canal
path, approximately 1000 ft downstream of Goose Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--11,130 mi
2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 2011 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage
is 178.70 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS.--This is a stage-only station. Discharge is not
determined at this location. U.S. Geological Survey satellite
data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum elevation, 22.45 ft,
June 4, 2018; minimum elevation, 2.65 ft, Aug. 9, 2021.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is
provided by the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
(ICPRB), and the U.S. Geological Survey.